diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index fc0a0ed63d15..cfbd5ef0b558 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -1038,11 +1038,12 @@ struct numa_group {
 	unsigned long total_faults;
 	unsigned long max_faults_cpu;
 	/*
+	 * faults[] array is split into two regions: faults_mem and faults_cpu.
+	 *
 	 * Faults_cpu is used to decide whether memory should move
 	 * towards the CPU. As a consequence, these stats are weighted
 	 * more by CPU use than by memory faults.
 	 */
-	unsigned long *faults_cpu;
 	unsigned long faults[];
 };
 
@@ -1216,8 +1217,8 @@ static inline unsigned long group_faults(struct task_struct *p, int nid)
 
 static inline unsigned long group_faults_cpu(struct numa_group *group, int nid)
 {
-	return group->faults_cpu[task_faults_idx(NUMA_MEM, nid, 0)] +
-		group->faults_cpu[task_faults_idx(NUMA_MEM, nid, 1)];
+	return group->faults[task_faults_idx(NUMA_CPU, nid, 0)] +
+		group->faults[task_faults_idx(NUMA_CPU, nid, 1)];
 }
 
 static inline unsigned long group_faults_priv(struct numa_group *ng)
@@ -2384,7 +2385,7 @@ static void task_numa_placement(struct task_struct *p)
 				 * is at the beginning of the numa_faults array.
 				 */
 				ng->faults[mem_idx] += diff;
-				ng->faults_cpu[mem_idx] += f_diff;
+				ng->faults[cpu_idx] += f_diff;
 				ng->total_faults += diff;
 				group_faults += ng->faults[mem_idx];
 			}
@@ -2450,9 +2451,6 @@ static void task_numa_group(struct task_struct *p, int cpupid, int flags,
 		grp->max_faults_cpu = 0;
 		spin_lock_init(&grp->lock);
 		grp->gid = p->pid;
-		/* Second half of the array tracks nids where faults happen */
-		grp->faults_cpu = grp->faults + NR_NUMA_HINT_FAULT_TYPES *
-						nr_node_ids;
 
 		for (i = 0; i < NR_NUMA_HINT_FAULT_STATS * nr_node_ids; i++)
 			grp->faults[i] = p->numa_faults[i];